Virginia Seeks Segregated School Operation Next Session
Prince Edward County officials and their attorney say the Columbia South Carolina ruling supports Virginia operating schools on a segregated basis for 1955-56. They cite Governor Stanley’s education commission and ongoing legislative work as proof of “deliberate speed” toward desegregation while predicting a new issue at the 1956 General Assembly.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
Clarendon County
S. C
Virginia
Archibald G. Robertson
U. S. Supreme Court
Columbia
Summerton
Robertson
Supreme Court
Gov. Stanley
Commission On Education
General Assembly
Prince Edward
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Armistead Dobie
Charlottesville
Albert V. Bryan
Alexandria
Sterling Hutcheson
Changes in Rural Postal Routes Effective Today
Frederick County postal changes take effect today under Postmaster Wilbur R. Johnston. The Milton Marlboro Route is discontinued and Rural Route 4 is inaugurated to improve service across 193 miles serving 2 026 boxes. Mail delivery may shift earlier with no later times compared to prior.
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Frederick County
Wilbur R. Johnston
Post Office Department
Postal Inspection Service
Marlboro
Johnston
Heat Wave Brings 96 Degree Day Across Area
Mercury hits 96 as area endures a severe mid July heat wave. Humidity worsens conditions with a 71 degree low overnight and forecasts warn of more hot, humid weather and scattered afternoon showers through the weekend.
Frame Bungalow Gutted by Fire Near Clearbrook
A frame bungalow near Clearbrook was gutted by fire at 6 a.m. The kitchen in the Deaver home on Route 672 started the blaze. Mrs Deaver and two women and two children escaped. Mr Deaver, awakened by heat, fled through a window and alerted neighbors. Firefighters saved walls and roof but interior and furniture were destroyed. Insurance held. damage estimate unavailable.
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Clearbrook
James Deaver
Deaver
Navy
Ada Benner
Clearbrook Fire Company
Shawnee
Duff
Gene Russell
Heat Eases Some Areas As Rain Brings Relief
The Associated Press reports scattered storms cooled parts of the Eastern states while widespread heat persisted in the West. Selingsgrove and Utica saw over an inch of rain, Syracuse nearly that, and Pendleton Salt Lake City and Butte reached 80 degrees. Blythe topped 116, El Centro 115, and Fraser bottomed at 37.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Selingsgrove
Utica
N.Y
Syracuse
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Plateau
Pendleton
Ore
Salt Lake City
Butte, Mont
West Coast
Southwest
California
Washington
Blythe
Calif
el Centro
Thermal
Fraser, Colo
ABC Store Profits Decline in First Quarter 1955
Net profits from the state's liquor stores fell 49 percent in the first quarter of 1955, about $167,770 less than the same period in 1954. Net sales dropped 2.35 percent as 135 stores operated and a new Annandale outlet opened. Abingdon led in total sales with $457,150.15, Norfolk store No. 200 followed at $422,256.60.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
J. Gordon Bennett
Annandale
Bennett
Abingdon
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Norfolk
Fall Kills Girl in Detroit Bottle Accident
Nine year old Rosemary Stroke tripped and shattered a bottle of pop when a jagged fragment pierced her throat, causing her death in Detroit.
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Detroit
Rosemary
Russian Farm Delegates Due In U S Today
A 13 man Soviet agricultural delegation arrives in New York en route to Iowa to study American farm methods for potential use in the USSR. They will tour Des Moines and other states, learning about U S farm technique with plans to stay until after August 20.
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New York
Iowa
Russia
Moscow
Welcom Vy A. I
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Des Moines
United States
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago
California
Washington, D. C
Clergymen Answer Eisenhower Prayer Call for Geneva Conference
New York clergymen from multiple denominations pledged prayers for the success of the Geneva conference. The World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches in the U S A had already urged special prayers. The Protestant Council of the City of New York submitted a petition for inclusion in morning worship.
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New York
Eisenhower
World Council of Churches
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Protestant Council of
Ike Flies Atlantic With Hope Talks May Lead to Peace
President Eisenhower sails toward a Geneva Big Four meeting aboard Columbine III after urging world peace. He stops in Keflavik Iceland for a two hour layover with Icelandic leaders and John Muccio. The White House broadcast urged Russians to honor conciliatory pledges as the conference begins.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Keflavik
Iceland
Air Force Base
Asgeir Asgeirsson
John Muccio
U.S
Asgeirsson
Bulganin
Kremlin
Typhoon Dot Forms After Clara Lashes Pacific
A new typhoon named Dot churns across the Pacific behind Typhoon Clara and is forecast to strike southern Japan tomorrow morning according to U S Air Force weather spotters. Dot developed from a tropical storm near Iwo Jima after Clara dissipated along the China coast brushing the Ryukyus.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Clara
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Dot
Iwo Jima
China
Ryukyus
Mindszenty Freed From Prison Over Health Reasons
Vienna dispatch reports Cardinal Mindszenty released from prison due to age and deteriorating health. Hungarian radio announced the decision today freeing the famed church leader who had been imprisoned for years.
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Vienna
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Rioting claims 26 as Casablanca unrest spreads to native quarter
Casablanca battles rage as 26 dead in two days. Moroccans torch a hospital and a sugar warehouse. Army tanks, reinforced police patrols, and a police plane try to quell mobs. Martial law under Gilbert Grandval follows widespread demonstrations and curfews.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Gilbert Grand
Oval
Grandval
June Had Coolest Month Since 1928 With Heavy Rain
June rainfall reached 4.71 inches the heaviest since 1951 and temperatures averaged cooler than normal. May was the driest in 15 years, and the hottest day hit 90 on June 30. Severe storms June 11 damaged orchards near Winchester, with 1.75 inches of rain across two nights.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Winchester
J. Kenneth Robinson
Merrimans Lane
Willow Lawn Farm Market Valley Ave
Soviet Delegates Depart for Geneva Mission
Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev lead the Soviet delegation from Moscow to Geneva aboard a two engine military plane. They exchanged handshakes with diplomats on the airstrip after departure, with an unofficial plan to stop in Berlin en route. Geneva arrival time was not fixed, with a delegation member saying eight o clock but uncertain which day.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Berlin
Bulganin
Man Loses Arm in Steam Shovel Accident on Road
Kenneth Jobe drove eight miles after his left arm was torn from its shoulder by a passing steam shovel on a flat bed. Police found him 40 minutes later, amid reports he remained conscious. Doctors said he lost over two quarts of blood but his condition was satisfactory.
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Detroit
Kenneth Jobe
Jobe
Wayne County Hospital
Passenger Dies and Rider Hurt in Route 340 Crash Near Berryville
A two-vehicle collision on U.S. Route 340 south of Berryville left one man decapitated and another seriously injured. Charles Wilcox Jr. of Newport, Delaware, was the identified victim, while Dallas Redden, 21, also of Newport, remained unconscious with head and facial injuries. The tractor trailer from Anchor Motor Freight Co. and a 1950 Pontiac sedan were heavily damaged. Fire crews and local rescue squads aided at the scene before the victims were transported to Memorial Hospital.
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U. S. Rt. 340
Berryville
Charles Wilcox, Jr
Newport
Delaware
Newport Delaware
Dallas Redden
Memorial Hospital
Redden
P. F. Click
Wilcox
Anchor Motor Freight Co
Wilmington
John Enders Fire Co
Ed Levi
Friendship Fire Co
Friendship Ambulance
John H. Enders
Click
Crabpiege
W. Va
U. S
Newland
Winchester Skies and Local Notices Highlight Weekend
Saturday July 16 offers star gazing notes with the Moon rising 2 47 a m and Ophiuchus brightest star near Antares and Vega. Local notices include Shirkey s Restaurant Sunday dinner hours, tire buying at Southern Tire Service, a Berryville Community Building yard party and auction for John H Enders Fire Company, and Anderson Sheet Metal Works announcing Jin Tharpe joining their staff.
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Katee
Fois Ces
Ves Saaics
Rasalhague
Ophiuchus
Antares
Vega
Shirkey’s
Sunnysids
Berryville
John Henders Fire Company
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John Kerr School
Davy Crockett
Winchester Star
Sseigue. Ur
ABC
Ike
Atlantic
Pairport
Nixon
Treasury
Humphrey
Sergei R. Strizanov
Winchester Evening Star
West Va
Paris
Virginia Dairy Bar
North Loudoun St
Virginia Fruit Market
North
Loudoun St
Air Force
Winchester Skies
Jin Tharpe
Anderson Sheet Metal Works
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